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Circus Atari

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Simulator Arcade Action Comedy

Circus Atari is a Simulator / Arcade game released on December 31, 1979 for Atari 2600, VC 4000, iOS and 1 more. 3 rows of triangular balloons move along the top part of the screen, each overlaid with blue, green, and yellow (colors used in the original version), counting from the top row. A clown appears from t…

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User Score
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December 31, 1979
Released 17092 days ago
Atari 2600 VC 4000 iOS 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System

About

3 rows of triangular balloons move along the top part of the screen, each overlaid with blue, green, and yellow (colors used in the original version), counting from the top row. A clown appears from the edge of the screen where there is a jumping board, and the player must move the seesaw located at the bottom of the screen so that the clown can bounce back off the seesaw once he jumps off from his starting position. If the player successfully gets the clown onto the seesaw, the clown on the other side shoots off into the air towards the 3 rows of balloons on the top of the screen. The clown may not have enough speed to reach the balloons if the first clown does not land squarely on the seesaw. Clowns bounce off of balloons, walls, and jumping boards, but will pass directly through multiple balloons if they are moving quickly enough. They will only bounce off the jumping boards when they are heading downwards, and will pass straight through the boards while moving upwards.

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Release Dates by Platform

1292 Advanced Programmable Video System Worldwide
Dec 31, 1979
Atari 2600 Worldwide
Jan 10, 1980
Atari 2600 Worldwide
Jan 10, 1980
Atari 2600 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1980
Atari 2600 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1980
VC 4000 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1980
iOS Worldwide
May 17, 2012

Game Info

Developer
Atari
Publisher
Acetronic, Interton, Atari, Artkaris Software, Canal 3, Cromax, Dactar, Digivision, Dynacom, Quelle, Intellivision Entertainment, Sears, Zellers, Copper Black, Milmar, Edu Games, Genus
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Simulator Arcade
Themes
Action Comedy

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English, Japanese, German, Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil)

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